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Another reason to close down CNN.
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On Sunday, a Syrian independent news platform called Verify-SY called CNN’s report a hoax, identifying the “prisoner” as a Syrian air force intelligence officer named Salama Mohammad Salama, also known as “Abu Hamza.”
Verify-Sy described Salama as a “notorious” operative of the Assad regime who “managed several security checkpoints in Homs and was involved in theft, extortion, and coercing residents into becoming informants.”
Salama’s activities included killing and torturing civilians, some of whom were arrested “without cause, or on fabricated charges.” Some of his victims were “targeted simply for refusing to pay bribes, rejecting cooperation, or even for arbitrary reasons like their appearance.”
Sources in Homs said Salama was indeed arrested recently, but it was “due to a dispute over profit-sharing from extorted funds with a higher-ranking officer.” These sources suggested Salama posed as a prisoner in Damascus, staging his rescue by CNN in order to “garner sympathy” after the fall of the regime he served.
Verify-Sy called CNN out for sloppy journalism at best, noting that the network did no shoe-leather reporting to verify Salama’s identity before turning him into a viral sensation.
Report: CNN May Have Been Duped By Fake ‘Syrian Prisoner’
CNN's viral video sensation has turned into an embarrassment as a rescued "Syrian prisoner" is reportedly an intelligence agent from Assad's regime.
www.breitbart.com
On Sunday, a Syrian independent news platform called Verify-SY called CNN’s report a hoax, identifying the “prisoner” as a Syrian air force intelligence officer named Salama Mohammad Salama, also known as “Abu Hamza.”
Verify-Sy described Salama as a “notorious” operative of the Assad regime who “managed several security checkpoints in Homs and was involved in theft, extortion, and coercing residents into becoming informants.”
Salama’s activities included killing and torturing civilians, some of whom were arrested “without cause, or on fabricated charges.” Some of his victims were “targeted simply for refusing to pay bribes, rejecting cooperation, or even for arbitrary reasons like their appearance.”
Sources in Homs said Salama was indeed arrested recently, but it was “due to a dispute over profit-sharing from extorted funds with a higher-ranking officer.” These sources suggested Salama posed as a prisoner in Damascus, staging his rescue by CNN in order to “garner sympathy” after the fall of the regime he served.
Verify-Sy called CNN out for sloppy journalism at best, noting that the network did no shoe-leather reporting to verify Salama’s identity before turning him into a viral sensation.
